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/ˈCHerəb/,/ˈCHer(y)əbim/,
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cherubim, plural; cherubs, plural;
  1. A winged angelic being described in biblical tradition as attending on God. It is represented in ancient Middle Eastern art as a lion or bull with eagles' wings and a human face, and regarded in traditional Christian angelology as an angel of the second highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy

  2. A representation of a cherub in art, depicted as a chubby, healthy-looking child with wings

  3. A beautiful or innocent-looking child

  1. (cherub) a sweet innocent baby
  2. (cherub) an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child
  3. Cherubim (Heb. כרוב, pl. כרובים, eng. trans kruv, pl. kruvim, dual kruvayim lat. cherub[us], pl cherubi[m]) are divine beings in the Bible. The plural can be written as cherubim or cherubs. In modern English the word is usually used for what are strictly putti, baby or toddler angels in art. ...
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  5. CHERUB is a series of young adult spy novels, written by the English author Robert Muchamore. They are sometimes compared to the Alex Rider books by Anthony Horowitz, the Jimmy Coates books by Joe Craig or the Six of Hearts series by Jack Heath. ...
  6. (Cherub (Buffyverse)) The fictional universe established by television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been parodied or paid tribute to by a number of unofficial productions, most notably fan films and adult films.
  7. (Cherub (dinghy)) The Cherub is a small, high performance, two-man planing dinghy first designed in 1951 in New Zealand by John Spencer (d 1994). The class is a development (or "box rule") class, allowing for significant variation in design between different boats within the rule framework.
  8. (cherub) A winged creature represented over 90 times in the Bible as attending on God, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. ...
  9. (Cherub) (157) one of the winged heavenly beings that support the throne of God or act as guardian spirits.
  10. (Cherub) A protective deity with both human and non-human features; Akkadian kuribu, from which the English word "cherub" derives.
  11. (Cherub) Cherubs, as defined in the Complete Christian Dictionary (1661) are “Images of men with wings and comely faces” and New Englanders believed that, unlike other types of angels, cherubs were visible to humans (Tashjian and Tashjian 83-84). ...
  12. (Cherub) In Christian mythology a specific school of angels. Sometimes also used as a general term to refer to angels.
  13. (Cherub) sock monkey, human bones, 2009. The sock monkey's torn limbs have been replaced by grotesquely protruding human bones and "a jauntily positioned human vertebra upon its head".^[14]^[15]
  14. (cherub (plural cherubim)) In Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature, a celestial winged being with human, animal, or birdlike characteristics; a throne bearer of the deity. ...
  15. Arabic Karubi, pl. Karubin; Lit. "Those who are near." Heb. The word karubin is used by the commentator al-Baizawi, for the angels mentioned in the Qur'an, Surah xl. ...
  16. In the Bible the Cherubim appear as distinct from the angels who are Jehovah's messengers, while the cherubim are found where God is personally present: e.g. "And he [God] rode upon a cherub."  (Psalms 18: 10). ...
  17. an order of angels. The hierarchy of angels ranked from lowest to highest into the following nine orders: angels, archangels, principalities, powers, virtues, dominions, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim.
  18. In Scripture, angelic beings, especially as represented on the ark of the covenant, typifying the presence and power of the Deity
  19. Small, childlike angels with wings. There are cherubim that guard the gates of Eden and the Ark of the Covenant. They could also be seen in several places throughout the tabernacles.
  20. The second highest rank of the Angelic Order.
  21. The highest of the nine orders of angels. In the Old Testament they appear as God's attendants, e.g. they guard his presence from profanity, and representations of them were set up in Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem, overshadowing the ark (Cross, The Oxford Dictionary Of The Christian Church).
  22. Hebrew, meaning Ònear ones,Ó those close to G-d, angels
  23. (meaning unknown) -winged angelic beings, often associated with worship and praise of GOD. The cherubim are first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 3:24. ...
  24. Certain mystic appearances of the angelic type, often represented as figures wholly or partly human, and with wings proceeding from the shoulders. ...